HYCIB B A i A SIXTH ! I CI 



11 should grow, and x< do not 



bring forth n<rw plant-. In a v mentary way it is the 



study of the strug ame study 



II more limited way may be carried inv^ the animal 



'lorn. Some common ty and fisb<; be 



studied with ref< mate number aid 



umber hatched, and causes which lea/1 to 



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ing man 'ife may be touched 



upon, and then might follow, ; ; 



and maintaining public and personal 

 health, namely, the study of b; 



Undoubtedly the cau jch pc dts in teaching 



due m wrong method- in pr' 4b- 



mg pupils than to the particular grade or 

 in which it may be taught, I: ith thing 



day life, and should be presented from that standpoint, 

 for older studer to begin with the study 



and anatomy, learning about the framework 

 the body, the organs and their functiot rhe nervous system 

 etc. Then a formal study of the care of th -ue, 



would begin, J>ut if this method were followed with chil- 

 dren their interest would soon be killed, or probably very little 



would be ar ted in whai 



on about them, and the method of enlisting their interest in 



take up the subject in the reverse to that 



I with older studen' begit ; with disc ; 



ing their own experiences in matters of cleanliness and 



h. In this way an inter awakened and kept a' 



and later the child will ask the how, the why, and the what of 



thir cerning his body, and thus he will approach from 



n initiative the deeper branch^ tudy. This 



method of health teaching leads the child from the known to 



the unknown, a sound pedagogical principle. This method is 



emphasized in the report of the National Society the 



Study :u cation for 1910. To quote — "Since hygiene 



means habit, the general basis for the grouping of hygienic 



data fin elementary school ould not be anatomical and 



phy cal structure, but the activities that make health, 



whether they are persona social or political. For example, 



all useful knowledge bearing upon the circulation of the blood 



should not be centered about the heart and lungs, but rather 



all facts likely to serve as a stimulus to the breathir 



